Karl Perman is a skilled business executive with business protection, compliance, risk management, strategy, human resources and law enforcement experience. He has created, evaluated and implemented compliance programs for electric utilities and generation entities. He has expertise with a myriad of regulations including FERC and NERC and has served as an audit resource and subject matter expert for CIP and reliability audits. Karl is an accomplished writer having authored numerous articles for security industry publications and four books on critical infrastructure protection. He has also written a book on NERC Operations and Planning compliance.

Karl served as a law enforcement officer at the Federal and municipal levels. He also served as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army.  Security Magazine recognized Karl in 2011 as one of the “Most Influential People in Security”.

Karl received a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Public Law and Government from Eastern Michigan University and a Master’s of Science in Public Safety Administration from Lewis University.